Athletic Trainer (Outreach)

Cincinnati Children's

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This role functions as a professional athletic trainer under the direct supervision of a Physician, providing a comprehensive treatment approach to assigned athletes/patients. The position involves planning and coordinating care, treatment, and rehabilitation, serving as a department-based role model, and contributing to department/center program development. The athletic trainer will also assist in providing concussion education and perform delegated clinical/clerical/administrative tasks. This role emphasizes integrating the Interprofessional Practice Model (IPM) and maintaining currency in the field through continuing education.

Requirements

Bachelor degree in related field.
May require clinical license, certification or training.
0+ years of work experience in a related job discipline.

Responsibilities

Function as a professional athletic trainer under the direct supervision of a Physician.
Provide a comprehensive treatment approach to assigned athletes/patients.
Incorporate appropriate evaluation techniques, implement functionally based treatment programs, and perform appropriate discharge planning including patient education/training.
Make appropriate referrals to other resources and facilitate coordination and communication between patient, physician, and physical therapist.
Perform procedures, collect data, analyze data, and make decisions regarding patient care, including initial screening, assessment, diagnosis, prognosis, care, reassessment, and discontinuation of care.
Formulate, maintain, support, monitor, and modify a patient-specific plan for care, treatment, and rehabilitation.
Plan and coordinate care, treatment, and rehabilitation for discharged patients.
Serve as a department-based role model and resource for policies, procedures, and patient care.
Assist others in setting patient care and department priorities, keeping in mind the education of self and others while maintaining a cohesive environment.
Collect clinical data; follow algorithms, decision trees, and protocols.
Match formal knowledge with clinical events to make appropriate decisions; use available resources as needed.
Document plan of care, care delivered, and patient and family outcomes.
Focus on the usual and customary needs of the patient and family; anticipate future needs; base care on standards and protocols; maintain a safe physical environment; acknowledge death as a potential outcome.
Consistently integrate age-specific concepts into patient care, taking into consideration both the patient's chronological age and developmental functioning.
Using self-management support, develop care goals and actions through partnerships with patients and families.
Facilitate patient and family learning by providing structured education based on the plan of care goals, and the needs of the patient and family; use teach back to evaluate effectiveness.
Recognize routine or obvious changing patient situations; in unusual care situations, seek help with needed to identify patient problem.
See the pieces or components; see patient and family within the isolated environment of the unit; see self as key resource to support the family through the healthcare experience through care coordination.
Sustain a working understanding of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards.
Support leadership in efforts to meet and sustain the regulatory compliance efforts of the department and hospital.
Monitor and comply with safety and departmental policies and procedures.
Ensure individual certifications and Safety College requirements are fulfilled in a timely basis.
Be mindful of CCHMC's processes and compliance with CMS standards and freely communicate safety and compliance concerns to leadership team members.
In the clinical setting, assist a physician in providing concussion education to patients and families and perform delegated clinical/clerical/administrative tasks.
Contribute to department/center program development through involvement in special projects.
May coordinate communication and ATC assignments for sporting events for professional/amateur teams.
Demonstrate consistent integration of the Interprofessional Practice Model (IPM) in all aspects of practice.
Maintain currency in field through continuing education, literature, and seminars, implement this knowledge into Sports Med clinical area.
Use self-appraisal performance review and peer review.
Demonstrate openness to coaching and mentoring from others.
Facilitate learning by assisting with peer and student learning experiences.
Work with department managers, interprofessional councils, and magnet reps to identify, share, implement, and evaluate safety best practices.
Collect and interpret complex patient data; make clinical judgments based on an immediate grasp of the whole picture; recognize patterns and trends by focusing on key elements while eliminating extraneous details.
Document and teach others to document the plan of care, care delivered, and patient/family outcomes.
Respond to subtle patient/family changes; engage with each unique patient/family in a compassionate manner; tailor caring practices to the individuality of patient/family; recognize the importance of a healing environment and tailor the environment to meet the needs of the patient/family; promote safety throughout patient/family transitions along the healthcare continuum.
Using self-management support, develop care goals and actions through partnerships with patients/families.
Adapt educational programs to meet the learning needs and styles of the patient/family; use teach back strategies to evaluate effectiveness.
Coordinate education with other members of the health care team.